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Marlborough House Firsgrove Crescent Warley Essex

25/01084/PHNFPr Not (New Floors)Additional StoreysRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Application Refused2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Prior Notification for construction of up to 1 additional floor to provide an additional 2 flats on an existing detached block of flats: For its prior approval to: (a)transport and highways impacts of the development; (b)air traffic and defence asset impacts of the development; (c)contamination risks in relation to the building; (d)flooding risks in relation to the building; (e)the external appearance of the building; (f)the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the new dwellinghouses; (g)impact on the amenity of the existing building and neighbouring premises including overlooking, privacy and the loss of light; and (h)whether because of the siting of the building, the development will impact on a protected view identified in the Directions Relating to Protected Vistas dated 15 March 2012(1) issued by the Secretary of State.

Received
18 September 2025
Public comments
7
Ward
Brentwood West
Agent
Arcady Architects
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 92 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Marlborough House Firsgrove Crescent Warley Essex. Brentwood has handled 2,946 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Brentwood's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Brentwood West.

Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate whether the proposal would comply with the requirements of A.1(n)(i), (ii), or (iii) and therefore the Local Planning Authority is unable to fully assess whether the proposal would comply with Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The proposed dwellinghouses do not comply with the nationally described space standard issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 27th March 2015. Therefore, the permission does not comply with Section 3.9 (9A) (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Pr Not (New Floors)Additional Storeys
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025
Consultation expiry
24 October 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 October 2025
Target decision date
13 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Arcady Architects
Architect profile
ARCADY ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Unit 4 Phillows Barns Hammonds Road Little Baddow CM3 4BG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Ms Katie Jewell
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
24 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14340167
Documents
6
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: BrentwoodPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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